Technical Feasibility, Short-Term Patency, Safety, and Efficacy of Percutaneously Delivered Double Pig-Tail Stent for Palliation of Unresectable Biliary Malignancies (original) (raw)
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Medicina, 2008
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European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2019
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Digestive Endoscopy, 2013
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